Alex Kapranos Quotes

People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy.

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.

I'm not shy. I'm quiet. With my close friends. I talk a lot. But if I'm at a big dinner, I'm not gonna walk in and go introduce myself to everybody.

I'm not the person in person that I am on stage.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.

I'm not extremely outgoing, but I'm average, I think. When people meet me they'll say, 'Oh you're not that shy...' I never said I was! I see where they're coming from because my biggest single was about being shy at a party - I get it. But it's not 100% accurate.

Spare a thought for the poor introverts among us. In a world of party animals and glad-handers, they're the ones who stand by the punch bowl. In a world of mixers and pub crawls, they prefer to stay home with a book. Everywhere around them, cell phones ring and e-mails chime and they just want a little quiet.

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a version of things to the world.

I've been stopped a few times by people who want to say, 'Hi.' But I'm an introverted person, and the idea that I'd have to talk to people all the time seems a little overwhelming.

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night.

I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

I'm not very good at going to parties and looking like I'm having fun.

The pushy showbiz kid thing was always the performance, not the person. I'm very solitary. I don't like socialising.

I know I seem really friendly, but I'm a closet introvert.

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.

I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than being social in public places, I guess.